Transformational Preaching and Worship: A Strategic Practical Theology for Developing the Christian Imagination by Katrina Olson is a carefully researched work that will be of interest to homiletical and liturgical scholars who seek to understand more fully how the social sciences inform our understanding of preaching and worship. It honors both the cognitive and kinesthetic quality of worship and how each contributes to the transformation of the whole person, as well as the development of community in a shared social context. An important scholarly contribution to the fields of homiletics and liturgics.

Alyce M. McKenzie, Le Van Professor of Preaching and Worship and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Perkins School of Theology, SMU and Co-director, The Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence at SMU

Dr. Katrina Olson's highly reflective and visually articulated invitation to engage sociological, psychological, and phenomenological theories advances an interdisciplinary approach to liturgy, homiletics and practical theology. In Transformational Preaching and Worship, scholars of these fields and ministry leaders are empowered to learn and appreciate the significance of multifaceted “role-taking” and that of “coorientation” for the sake of creating an embodied imaginative space for praising God and proclaiming the Gospel in polyphonic and relational ways.

HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto

In these troubling times, Olson's hopeful yet critical approach to analyzing and releasing the individually and socially transformative potential of worship is a gift. Her work should be of note for those who care deeply about worship and the potential and role of worship in effecting change in our world. She deeply engages the systemic and relational dynamics that must be negotiated in order to transform ourselves and our world.

Andrew Wymer, Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary